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package org.apache.commons.compress.parallel;

import java.io.InputStream;

Supplies input streams.
Implementations are required to support thread-handover. While an instance will
not be accessed concurrently by multiple threads, it will be called by
a different thread than it was created on.
Since:
1.10/**
 * Supplies input streams.
 *
 * Implementations are required to support thread-handover. While an instance will
 * not be accessed concurrently by multiple threads, it will be called by
 * a different thread than it was created on.
 *
 * @since 1.10
 */
public interface InputStreamSupplier {

    
Supply an input stream for a resource.
Returns:
the input stream. Should never null, but may be an empty stream./**
     * Supply an input stream for a resource.
     * @return the input stream. Should never null, but may be an empty stream.
     */
    InputStream get();
}